The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has awarded £650,000 to Northumbria University to continue its work to develop what it describes as the first commercially available laser-based inter-satellite communications system. Their CubeSats use lasers, instead of radio frequency, for data transmissions with more capacity and security. And the aim is to develop an “off the shelf” ...

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